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Boots and Lloydspharmacy join the vaping fold by selling e-cigarettes
Two major pharmacy chains have decided to sell electronic cigarette products, joining the growing numbers of pharmacies that already do so. The unlicensed products, which contain nicotine, a vasoconstrictor, have been subject to discussion over their quality and safety.
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The challenges we share with some EU countries: what can we learn?
It is easy to say pharmacy in the UK is all doom and gloom. But are we really doing that badly? John Chave compares us with some European countries
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Are patient information leaflets in top gear? Jeremy Clarkson doesn’t think so Subscription
Jeremy Clarkson has raised issues about patient information leaflets that pharmacists can learn from
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The British Pharmacopoeia celebrates its sesquicentenary
This Sunday (26 January 2014) is National Potato Day. OK, so this event is unlikely to be on every pharmacist’s radar, but this day also marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the British Pharmacopoeia — “The chemist’s bible”, as some would call it — and this, for sure, is worth celebrating.
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The British Pharmacopoeia — happy 150th birthday to “the chemist’s bible” Subscription
Tony Cartwright reviews the involvement of pharmacy and pharmacists with the British Pharmacopoeia, which celebrates its sesquicentenary on 26 January 2014
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How treatment is labelled affects migraine pain scores, study finds Subscription
Giving patients positive information about their treatment for acute migraine contributes to a successful outcome, whether the patient is given active drug or placebo, a US study has shown (Science Translational Medicine; 8 January 2013).
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Vitamin D status of pregnant women linked to muscle strength of offspring Subscription
A woman’s vitamin D status during pregnancy could be positively associated with the muscle strength of her offspring, according to a study by Southampton researchers published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2014;99:330).
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